You Can’t Take You Out of It
This episode gets back to the HUGE topic of using your own life, featuring an in-depth conversation amongst the class. It culminates with the following ideas: even though Stella Adler advised against ...
6 Aug 202421min
Weird Actor Things
Let’s face it: acting is weird. So are actors. The issues we have…the circumstances we find ourselves in are unlike that of anyone else. Some examples: How does one negotiate a love scene? What do you...
30 Juli 202411min
Being a Pleasure to Work With
Even when you're getting bad direction, or someone in the cast inappropriately gives you notes... Even when you feel like you're the only one who knows what they're doing, it's impossible to overempha...
23 Juli 202412min
Ordinary People (In Extraordinary Circumstances)
Milton begins this week’s episode talking about a client whose personal life reflects the circumstances of the character he’s playing. It’s yet another lesson about the actor’s instinct to make a char...
16 Juli 202414min
Milton The Mechanic
Milton Plays A Car Mechanic The point of this episode is that, while we always need to work hard to make our work believable and interesting, there are times where you might have to work even harder b...
10 Juli 202414min
The Nature of Modern Theater: An Analysis of Loose Ends
In this episode, we take a look at the play Loose Ends by Michael Weller. We do so through the lens of realism and the contribution that Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekov made to the modern theater. It’s a...
2 Juli 202428min
Don't Say It Unless You've Built It
Whether it’s stage or screen, you have to be able to analyze the text to figure out what world you’re in, what’s going on with your character and how you fit into the bigger picture. This way, you can...
25 Juni 202412min
What Makes A Person
This week, Milton explores a few of the ways we can gain insight into character. We can observe a stranger on the street and then, using a specific character trait, improvise a monologue as that perso...
18 Juni 202412min
